English
mannikin
Mannikin comes from Dutch manneken ‘diminutive of man’.
- Dutchc. 1500–presentmanneken‘diminutive of man’
- Englishtodaymannikin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Dutchc. 1500–presentmanneken‘diminutive of man’
- Englishtodaymannikin
Equivalent to man + -ikin
Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human being, person, man’
Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person’
Old English mann ‘human being, person, man’
Middle English man
English man
Every English word from Dutch manneken
Today it means
noun Any of several passerine bird species of the genera Lonchura, Heteromunia, Spermestes, Lepidopygia, and Mayrimunia, of the Old World.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Dutch manneken / mannikin